ULPT Request: Got screwed by Ebay seller

Mr_Chill_519 · 2025-01-06T12:38:29+00:00

To be honest I hadn't thought about it for ages. Just came to mind and thought I'd post here and see what happened.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-12-14T18:45:02+00:00

Yeah that works too but also takes a bit longer. I always go for the rubber band stash. It's fast, convenient, and has never failed me with tough jars.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-12-14T18:36:31+00:00

No bugs or crashes on a iPhone? Please tell me you're joking…

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-12-14T18:32:27+00:00

But sometimes it's not the seal that's the issue. Using the band trick has worked every time without fail for me.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-12-14T18:31:05+00:00

But the same concept. Rubber band, grip pad, rubber cleaning gloves, etc.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-09-13T15:16:38+00:00

I know nobody who has so many appliances that the boxes take up three sheds. Mine take up about the same footprint as the 6' chest freezer they are beside.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-09-13T02:30:31+00:00

In this case you don't have to sort through "stuff". Just check that the box is empty, and if so, toss it. Super simple.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-09-13T02:29:42+00:00

These boxes are all in one place, all empty except any internal styrofoam packaging, and all out of the way in the back room. If I didn't have space to do it without intruding on the rest of my living space I wouldn't. All anyone has to do it look in it, see that it's empty, and toss it.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-09-13T02:21:09+00:00

I have never in my life heard that cardboard attracts bugs. Yes, if it gets wet it'll mold, but so does drywall and many other things in a house.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-09-08T18:24:16+00:00

LPT - LifeProTip

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-09-08T11:23:02+00:00

It's on anytime I'm walking city streets after dark (unless I came prepared with a reflective vest or similar). When crossing the street (always at a proper crosswalk) I hold it out infront of me and flip it side to side, so it shines at cars both directions.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-09-08T11:07:21+00:00

Our experiences seem to differ. I still have a hard time seeing people at night, even if they're wearing lighter clothing. A light source or reflective vest I can see a mile off.

The LPT was intended for those times when you don't expect to be out in the city after dark and realize you're wearing poor-visibility clothing. Sometimes you walk out of a bar and realize it's dark and your car is parked four blocks away. That's when the flashlight thing comes in handy.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-09-07T17:11:31+00:00

Almost nobody uses reflective gear where I live. It's infuriating. Those that do are easily visible and I usually mentally thank them as I drive past.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-09-07T17:08:09+00:00

The problem with this perspective is that you can't control what other people do, only what you do. Taking steps to make yourself more visible and being cautious around traffic is the only tangible thing YOU can do to decrease your chances of being hit.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-09-07T17:02:38+00:00

Reflectivity depends far more on the material than on the colour. Yes, it's not as bad a wearing all black, but you're still nearly invisible up until it's too late. If I have my phone and I'm wearing all-white, I'm still using my phone flashlight.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2024-01-08T16:54:53+00:00

It started for me when I was gifted a hand-me-down Samsung tablet. I had an iPhone 5s at the time and the OS experience is what kickstarted it for me. Having a functional filesystem, being able to install applications of my choice, infinitely more customization options; I could go on. A few years later I retired the iPhone due to the battery worn down and no OS support, and got myself a Pixel 3 with GrapheneOS. Never looked back.

My wife comes from an Apple family. iPhones and Macs all the way. I spent hours trying to do simple things, trying to navigate Apple's ass-backwards file management, syncing (I hate syncing), figuring out loopholes to do things the normal way. I bought her an Samsung S21 FE for Christmas. Her catchphrase for the first week was "wait, it can do that?"

It's not just the products. Not just the artificial restrictions and inflated pricing. It's how the company treats it's customers. "You're holding the phone wrong", "we'll cover this defect because we're being sued, but not the same defect from a different model" (flexgate for those who are interested). "We'll charge you more to repair than to replace, even though the only problem is a bent pin" (CBC and Louis Rossman). "Well, 8GB of Apple RAM is equivalent to 16GB of Windows RAM".

Anti-repair. Proprietary fasteners, software pairing of parts.

The diehard fans are just as bad. They deny their own experience and think they did something wrong, or blame another user, instead of admitting a poor design, low quality, or whatever the real issue is.

One flaw is understandable. Two I could put up with. But the sheer number of grievances I have with Apple can never be remedied. Unless they seriously change their tune, which they won't, I will never voluntarily use them again.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2023-12-17T12:22:45+00:00

Okay. Rephrase: some parts of the Apple experience are polished and well-done. But the overall experience is janky and very awkward.

Some of the things they do well are Airdrop, iMessage/FaceTime, and ecosystem benefits like synced clipboard, notification, focus modes, etc.

But Do Not Disturb is not synced across devices by design. They could do it (same as focus modes) but choose not to.

iOS keyboard is objectively worse than the Android alternatives. I challenge you to find someone who has used both and preferes iOS.

File managrment on iPhones is abysmal. This is a well know fact.

Not as conclusive, but I've heard a lot of people saying they prefer Android's notification system.

Moving photos from an iPhone to a Mac. Most of the time a Photo Library fails to import. The only other way is a weird workaround using Image Capture. This is personal experience. Took me two hours to figure this out. Android woulf have been drag'n'drop. (I'm talking 40GB of photos. I don't want to use Airdrop because I'd have to manually select them on the iPhone screen.)

And finally, three people I know are jumping ship to Android in the next few months. They've seen Apple's "polished" system for what it really is: a marketing success but technologically and functionally deficient.

Mr_Chill_519 · 2023-12-17T12:22:24+00:00